JONES v. STATE

60559.

157 Ga. App. 163 (1981)

276 S.E.2d 674

JONES v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Lee Dean, for appellant.

William E. Frey, Solicitor, Martin L. Cowen III, Assistant Solicitor, for appellee.


POPE, Judge.

Jerry Wayne Jones appeals his conviction of child abandonment pursuant to Code Ann. § 74-9902, asserting (1) that the state did not show a wilful and voluntary abandonment of the illegitimate child because it failed to prove that the appellant knew the child was his own and (2) that Jones was denied his right to a fair and impartial jury. We find no merit in these contentions and affirm the conviction and sentence.

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